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Re:LTO Tape data storage for Linux nerds by Robotbeat on Thursday January 27, 2022 @09:25AM (#30100905)
Magneto-optical disks using glass media (instead of plastic) have a rated stable media lifetime of at least 50 years and can probably last a century or longer. Glass DVDs are a thing and often can be read in regular DVD drives.
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Re:LTO Tape data storage for Linux nerds by dehrmann on Thursday January 27, 2022 @01:11PM (#30103934)
> Magneto-optical disks using glass media

Are there any commercial products that use this technology?

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Re:LTO Tape data storage for Linux nerds by eternityforest on Thursday January 27, 2022 @03:35PM (#30106189)
Not magneto, but m-disk makes a blu ray that lasts 1k years supposedly. Some people don't trust it though.
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Re:LTO Tape data storage for Linux nerds by EvanAnderson on Thursday January 27, 2022 @01:37PM (#30104318)
I believe mag-op has fallen out of fashion. I worked with HP-branded mag-op "platters" and drives back in the late 2000's. Plasmon and Sony both had offerings in that space too.
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